Why One Black Producer Doesn't Want To Boycott The Oscars
The lack of diversity of the nominees at Sunday's 88th Annual Academy Awards has, in part, forced Hollywood to address the problem of inclusion in film.
Though Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs implemented a new mandate to alter the makeup of the organization’s majority white, male membership, Jayson Jackson, producer of Netflix's Oscar-nominated docu-flick “What Happened, Miss Simone?” believes the focus should instead shift towards funding more stories of color.
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